Telegram-herald., 1887-11-19
OVER TsE Hsw ROAD.


The Csbis s<rs@s k4if~ss Es1Sssy's ssst
etae Liss-Gsssr.i Esnss Talk
Iingle. lngis. thsa hsrri8ls scEeseby,
cross tFzek on Pe2si-st.. snd reporter ior
The TzLzsaAa HEzALR s2s OF board Il sss
0ns u tns yslioz cara Of tie Valley City
Cable kosd Co.'S pzay. fhs cars are max
ins regular trips nov from Lyoa snd Aorta
Diyision-slz. % Vest Bzidge-sE. Away tns
car saiFls taIoaxa Cxmpsg-ss. thea dosn
Waterloo - FUisoa-sf Here the course
caangss TIE Granville ave. cars ooa-
un1s soQt1 as Iar as klf-n-ase. Across
Fulton sfreet bfitgs into ths district eccu-
pied - the coy coInfor-so4s noules II HE
taufty aEuz<-s, s1s5 S0fk IA tie great
F1saix Factory 4nd the Numerous otAer
nlzltll4etorias u the vicinity u hss. -l-
t51-st.. aa1 tle yellow car turns INTO
5-gs. zlt-st
Vest Fulton . certainly 3 growing busl-
ness street. TIE stores sgs Aos-ig aes and
are seil s1ocxs1 Nlga geO4s, vel lighted,
and tie Appearance u he interior - Lnesas
4s Flesed tr0zn the outside, i cheerful aae
inviting. SIzIglL-sg- = a comparatively ,
old resident street. though It has been
bf fhiened ~ tuang Tie past year by ths
erection oi quite DQmber VI new Dwelling
houses.
A turn into Jackson-st. ride OF 4 c0u-
PIE VI biocEs through Jsczsoa u. WSSf,
thsn block north thrOagn Pine-st.. snd
tie terminus u the r0a1 Is reached AZ West
budge-st. -Iais route certainly ought % be
q poDuisr 0us wila West Slders. lt runs
through q talekly settled district. and lands
passengers into tus very centre OF the clty
one thing vas noticed, aud that Is the cars
are al seil p4.foBized already. though an
Oflcer o. the company claimed that the
cars Nars merely being run 10 break IN the
horses.
As the cable road nears completion more
intere1t Is being lazen IN Il. particularly BY
l the thousands u citizens who are obliged
81 Irgdss up Lyon and Bridge-st hlls
every day. IL IS doubtful II the cars can
Accommodates a.. who will desire TO ride
on the day the road IS opened. The power
house OF Jnion-st. Will OF course be q
great curiosity % all strangers who visit
/ Grand Rapids. The men are working oa
/ l. night aud day aud it will undouotei be
really Tor the reception OF the immense
machinery which will be used TO keep the
/ cable in motion within ten days General
/ innes was asked when the cable would be
/ placed IN the conduit. ssnla
'Oh, l cannot say just what day We will
/ begin the WORK bul | imagine there will be
al immense audience on Lyon-st. when the
Work does begin. for have been ASKED that
/ question ever q thousand times. am glad
70 answer 1t though. for il is convincing
/ proof OF the hearty interest citizens are
taxing IN the cable road. Now want 70
make a suggestion for those who are agi-
tatlng the question of locating an exDosi-
ton IA this city. Why would not the
ground on Union-st, opposite our power
house, not be q siiely place for an exposi-
ton building IL wodld be accessible rom
the very centar Of the city by the cable
road and every stranger who comes tc
Grand RaDids will want TO ride ON our road
and inspect the power house. Now of course
| am aware that some will say that the
location Is not central enough. To those
will say that the exposition building IN
| Cincinnati. ST. Louis, Kansas City and St
| Paul are outside OF the business district ol
the city and a. the terminus of con-
venient line OF street railway. In case that
the Western Michigan exposition was
located on the site mentioned | am conf
dent that the D.. q. II. & NJ Railroad
Company, whose tracts are but 1000 feet
away would provide a side track and DuiId
| a depot clOse at hand"